Independent distributors Olive Films have announce that they will add six new titles to their Blu-ray catalog in July. Amongst the, are Bill Duke's
Hoodlum, Jim Kouf's
Gang Related, and Tony Luraschi's
The Outsider.
Gang Related
Academy Award nominees James Earl Jones (Best Actor, The Great White Hope) and David Paymer (Best Supporting Actor, Mr. Saturday Night) lend gravitas to the crime thriller Gang Related.
In his final film appearance, rap icon Tupac Shakur (Poetic Justice) is paired with James Belushi (Red Heat) in the gritty crime drama Gang Related. Corrupt detectives Rodriguez and Divinci (Shakur and Belushi), having framed an innocent man (Dennis Quaid, Undercover Blues) for the murder of an undercover DEA agent, will find their lives unravelling when their activities come under the scrutiny of DEA investigator Richard Simms (Gary Cole, In the Line of Fire). Written and directed by Jim Kouf (Disorganized Crime), Gang Related features supporting performances by James Earl Jones (Star Wars), Lela Rochon (Waiting to Exhale) and David Paymer (Mr. Saturday Night).
With optional English SDH subtitles.
STREET DATE: JULY 19.
The Ratings Game
The Ratings Game, helmed by the multi-talented actor-director Danny DeVito (TV's Taxi, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The War of the Roses, Hoffa) features an ensemble of talented actors and comedians including four time Emmy winner Rhea Perlman (TV's Cheers) as DeVito's on-screen love interest.
The Ratings Game stars Danny DeVito as a New Jersey trucking magnate who's only dream is hitting it big as a Hollywood producer. Luckily for him, he has a girlfriend (Rhea Perlman, TV's Cheers) who works for the TV ratings service. Together they pull off a hilarious scam on television's sacred ratings system. DeVito makes his directorial debut with this critically acclaimed satire.
The Ratings Game features an impressive cast that includes Gerrit Graham (Phantom of the Paradise), Louis Giambalvo (Weekend at Bernie's), Vincent Schiavelli (Batman Returns), Kevin McCarthy (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), Barry Corbin (TV's Northern Exposure), Michael Richards (TV's Seinfeld), Ronny Graham (Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood), Huntz Hall (The Bowery Boys) with a cameo by Jerry Seinfeld (TV's Seinfeld).
Special Features:
- Collection of rare short films directed by
Danny DeVito
- Collector's booklet
- Behind the scenes featurette
- Deleted scenes
- Optional SDH subtitles
STREET DATE: JULY 19.
Hoodlum
Hoodlum features a cast of Academy Award nominees including Laurence Fishburne (Best Actor, What's Love Got To Do With It), Tim Roth (Best Supporting Actor, Rob Roy), Andy Garcia (Best Supporting Actor, The Godfather Part III), Cicely Tyson (Best Actress, Sounder) and Queen Latifah (Best Supporting Actress, Chicago).
In the tradition of The Godfather and The Cotton Club, Hoodlum recounts the uneasy alliance between the Italian and Jewish mafias who banded together to declare war on the black gangsters of New York's Harlem in the 1920's. Focusing on the relationship between the three rival leaders, "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne, Fled), Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth, Vincent & Theo), and Lucky Luciano (Andy Garcia, The Untouchables), Hoodlum, directed by Bill Duke (A Rage in Harlem) and co-starring Vanessa Williams (Soul Food), Cicely Tyson (Sounder), Queen Latifah (Chicago), Richard Bradford (The Mean Season) and William Atherton (Bio-Dome), is a compelling tale of gangland violence.
With optional English SDH subtitles.
STREET DATE: JULY 19.
The Outsider
Several generations of cult favorites (Sterling Hayden, Johnny Guitar; Patricia Quinn, The Rocky Horror Picture Show; Craig Wasson, Body Double) would team up in The Outsider, the anti-war polemic based on the controversial novel by Colin Leinster.
Based on the novel The Heritage of Michael Flaherty by Colin Leinster, The Outsider is a fictional account of Irish-American Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson, Ghost Story), a disillusioned Vietnam vet who returns home to an apathetic country. Inspired by the Irish Republican Army and the dedication of its members, Michael travels to Ireland to join their cause only to realize that he's being used as a propaganda tool. Writer & director Tony Luraschi elicits powerful performances from Wasson and a cast that includes Sterling Hayden (1900), Patricia Quinn (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Ray McAnally (My Left Foot) and Gabriel Byrne (The End of Violence).
With optional English SDH subtitles.
STREET DATE: JULY 19.
Gun the Man Down
Starring Angie Dickinson (Rio Bravo) in her first major role, Gun The Man Down also features a lead performance by James Arness who, thanks to a recommendation from John Wayne (the producer of Gun The Man Down), would win the role of Marshal Matt Dillon in the long-running western TV series Gunsmoke.
Wounded and left behind by his scheming partners (Robert Wilke, High Noon; Don Megowan, Blazing Saddles) during a bank robbery, Rem Anderson (James Arness, TV's Gunsmoke) is captured and sent to prison. Following his year-long sentence, Rem is on the hunt for the men who made off with his share of the loot as well as his girlfriend Janice (Angie Dickinson, Rio Bravo).
Tracking down those who did him wrong in a methodical game of cat-and-mouse, Rem's plan for revenge is one best served cold and slow in the western drama Gun the Man Down.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen (McLintock!) from a story by Sam C. Freedle and a screenplay by Burt Kennedy, Gun the Man Down co-stars Harry Carey, Jr. (The Searchers), Emile Meyer (Shane) and Michael Emmet (Suspect).
With optional English SDH subtitles.
STREET DATE: JULY 19.
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Academy Award winner (Best Actor, True Grit) and nominee (Best Actor, Sands of Iwo Jima) John Wayne rides tall in the saddle in the rip-snortin' western 'Neath the Arizona Skies.
With guns blazing, horses galloping and desperadoes doing what desperadoes do best, 'Neath the Arizona Skies starring John Wayne (The Quiet Man) is the quintessential oater, employing the best of the western genre tropes.
Chris Morrell (Wayne), the kindly guardian to Nina (Shirley Jean Rickert, Hal Roach's Rascals), a young half-Indian girl, sets out in search of her father in order to prove her birthright and lay claim to money she's owed from her late mother's oil lease.
Turns out that lawless cowboys Sam Black (Yakima Canutt, Rio Bravo) and Vic Byrd (Jack Rockwell, Cowboy from Lonesome River) also want to get their hands on Nina's inheritance by whatever means necessary. Will Chris be able to find Nina's father before Sam does? Will Chris find true romance with Clara (Sheila Terry, The Lawless Frontier), the sister of bank robber Jim Moore (Jay Wilsey, Rainbow Valley)? Will Nina ever stop whining? These questions and more will be answered in 'Neath the Arizona Skies directed by Harry L. Fraser (Wagon Trail) from a story and screenplay by Burl Tuttle and co-starring George "Gabby" Hayes (Rainbow Valley).
With optional English SDH subtitles.
STREET DATE: JULY 19.